CVE-2021-23882

lowpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.29% (21st) EPSS
CVSS 1.9 · low
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Improper Access Control vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update allows local administrators to prevent the installation of some ENS files by placing carefully crafted files where ENS will be installed. This is only applicable to clean installations of ENS as the Access Control rules will prevent modification prior to up an upgrade.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.2
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 1.9–8.2

v2.01.9lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 2.9
v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.6
v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · trellixpsirt@trellix.comexploitability 1.5 · impact 6
v3.14.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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CWE-269US
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affected products (2)

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also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2021-02-10modified 2026-06-17
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references (5)

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